About this title: With their vast back catalog of classic vocal sides, the Verve label has been releasing a seemingly endless line of songbook collections featuring a who's who of jazz greats. Irving Berlin, Gershwin, Ellington, and Rodgers & Hart have all been feted. Now it's Cole Porter's turn. Over the course of the 17 chestnuts heard here, the likes of Fred Astaire, Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, and Billie Eckstine all turn in performances befitting Porter's genius -- and Porter has these talents to thank for enlivening his work like no stage singer ever could ...
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Format: CD
Label: 042284720229; Verve Records, USA
Date: 1990
UPC:042284720229
Description: VG+/VG+ 17 tracks from the Cole Porter catalog including Washington's I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN and I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU. Also Ella, Louis A., Blossom Dearie etc. Front of booklet has a small Lodine banner. read more
Format: CD
Label: Verve
Date: October 5, 1990
UPC:042284720229
Description: Fine in very good packaging. Originally released: 1952. An 'all star' list of performers, from Dinah Washington to Betty Carter singing 17 of Cole Porter's best. Click on Seller's name above to see hundreds of jazz, vocal, and big band CDs being sold from his personal collection acquired over many years. You can save on shipping with multiple purchases and select from many rarely found jazz and vocal classics. read more
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